I wonder if the Millenium Act applies to ISP's that are outside of the US? If not, why not proxy from an ISP outside of the US?
This might be a good revenue opportunity to charge $5 a month for users to proxy through them, and there'd be no last-mile infrastructure. Just good bandwidth. Hmm...
Even if you dis-associate usernames, eventually your packets have to get there and back - which means IP's. With IPs, the RIAA storm troopers need only threaten an ISP and out comes your user information.
But you know, what's to happen if I start tape recording music off the radio? Will the RIAA start lobbying against tape recorders and radio manufacturers? The answer is no, unless they see erosion of dollars. It's all about money, and sadly the artists don't make Jack Schitt off their recordings.
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This might be a good revenue opportunity to charge $5 a month for users to proxy through them, and there'd be no last-mile infrastructure. Just good bandwidth. Hmm...
Even if you dis-associate usernames, eventually your packets have to get there and back - which means IP's. With IPs, the RIAA storm troopers need only threaten an ISP and out comes your user information. But you know, what's to happen if I start tape recording music off the radio? Will the RIAA start lobbying against tape recorders and radio manufacturers? The answer is no, unless they see erosion of dollars. It's all about money, and sadly the artists don't make Jack Schitt off their recordings.